| Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Registration / Serial: | N591AC |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Aerospatiale AS-332 Super Puma |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Eurocopter AS-332/532/EC-225/725 Super Puma/Cougar |
| Aircraft Version: | Eurocopter EC-225LP Super Puma Mk2+ |
| C/n (msn): | 2685 |
| Operator Titles: | Air Center Helicopters |
| Location | |
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| City / Heliport: | Dallas - CBD Vertiport HeliportMap |
| Region / Country: | Texas, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: - IATA: - Local: 49T Other: - |
| Event: | HAI Heli-Expo 2022 |
| Photo Date: | 9 March 2022 |
| Photo by: | Kenneth I. Swartz |
| Photo ID: | 450582 |
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This Airbus EC225LP was delivered new to Era Helicopters in 2009 (as N247CF) and later flown by its Aeroleo subsidiary in Brazil on offshore oil and gas missions (as PR-VLL). After the EC225 fleet grounding in 2016 (following a crash in Norway) this EC225 was acquired by Air Center Helicopters for utility use. One of its missions was recovering the astronauts from the NASA SpaceX Crew Dragon Demo-2 mission after the capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico near Pensacola, FL on August 2, 2020. The EC225 was chartered by Airbus for Heli-Expo 2022 to fly guests from the Dallas CBD Vertiport. This photo is copyright © Kenneth I. Swartz, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 3 April 2022, and has since been viewed 490 times. |